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Raised on a diet of electronic music and melodic classical composers including Jean Michel Jarre, Bracegirdle learned to play both the piano an guitar before he reached his teens. By the age of 12, determined to pursue melodic electronic dance music, the musician was crafting demos in recording studios to subsequently send to labels. Initially garnering attention under the moniker Disco Citizens in 1995, Bracegirdle released the Top 40 hit “Right Here Right Now”. In 1996 the name was changed to Chicane and the musician issued the four-track EP “Cyanide Music Volume One”, drawing influence from Deep house, new disco and Big Beat. A year later the EP “Offshore” was released catapulting Bracegirdle to notoriety and spawning the Top 20 UK single of the same name. The single “Offshore” also charted well across Europe, at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot Dance Music Charts, and featured on a number of club-themed compilation albums.
Bracegirdle’s subsequent single “Sunstroke” also proved a popular release, after which Chicane issued his debut full-length “Far from the Maddening Crowds” in September 1997. Considered a highly influential album in the Trance music community, the record charted at No. 47 on the UK Albums Chart and spawned a number of dance hits. The producer subsequently issued the single “Saltwater” featuring Clannad’s vocalist Máire Brennan, which marked his highest charting single to date at No. 6 on the UK pop charts. A radio friendly remix of Bryan Adams’ “Cloud No. 9” was subsequently released after which Adams contributed heavily vocoded vocals to Bracegirdle’s next single “Don’t Give Up”. Debuting at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart as well as the Australian and Russian Singles Chart, the single represented his biggest hit to date.
The full-length “Behind the Sun” arrived in March 2000 led by the singles “Saltwater”, “Don’t Give Up”, “No Ordinary Morning” and “Autumn Tactics”. The record charted well in the UK, New Zealand, and Australia, however was unable to match the success of its predecessor. Following a lawsuit with label Xtravaganza from 2002 to 2004, Bracegirdle left the label and moved to WEA in an attempt to release his third full-length “Easy to Assemble”, which was ultimately leaked online.
After signing with Universal Music Group, Chicane issued the single “Stoned in Love” featuring singer Tom Jones. Ahead of his third studio album, Bracegirdle promoted “Stoned in Love” with appearances on "Friday Night with Jonathan Ross", "Top of the Pops", "The New Paul O’Grady Show". The full-length “Somersault” was released in July 2007 on Chicane’s own Modena label. Earning mixed reviews the album featured the singles “Stoned in Love” and “Come Tomorrow”. The EP “Re-Work” appeared in the summer of 2009, after which Bracegirdle issued his fourth studio album “Giants”, dubbed as a return to form for the artist. The record was succeeded by “Thousand Mile Stare” in 2012, and “The Sum of Its Parts” in 2015.
Avis
Over the past few years, we’ve seen major resurgences in both popularity and fashionability when it comes to both house music and EDM, so you do have to wonder if and when the same will be true of trance. The day that happens, Chicane will be first in line for a return to prominence of his own; he’s one of the genre’s godfathers, with his debut record, 1997’s Far from the Maddening Crowds, helping to shape the style as its recognised today. He topped the charts in his native UK in 2000 with ‘Don’t Give Up’; the track, which featured guest vocals from Bryan Adams, proved he was capable of succeeding in the mainstream as well as within the confines of his own scene. He hasn’t been put off by trance’s fall in popularity, either; whilst he hasn’t seen a single chart in the UK top 100 since 2009, he continues to record and release albums, with his most recent, Thousand Mile Stare, dropping two years ago. His live shows, too, continue to evolve apace, incorporating aspects of house and electro as well as making frequent, subtle nods to the more ambient side of Chicane’s recorded output. The size of the crowds, too, prove that he retains a significant cult fanbase; don’t be surprised to see him back in the public eye once it’s trance’s turn for a resurrection.
Joeg_67
Nicholas Bracegirdle better known as Chicane is a British electro musician with an international reputation following his breakout over fifteen years ago. He has also been considered an exceptional mind regarding the genres of electro and trance and has been applauded for never resting on his laurels as he adapts and develops his sound to match the ever changing dance market.
A Chicane show is a slight anomaly as despite being a heavily electro show, the musician has always prided himself on soundtracking the balmy Ibiza days as opposed to the heady Ibiza nights so therefore his music has a general chill wave sound. This does not seem to deter the crowd from moving along however it tends to be more of a sway than a jump. The tracks have a new lease of life breathed into them when performed live and seem so much more spanning and light than the recordings. Although there are no famous guest vocal appearances, the crowd is content with a hit laced set of high quality electro from a musician for the ages.
sean-ward
